The leaders of member states and aspiring nations are set to satisfy at a summit within the Russian metropolis of Kazan later this month
Cuba has formally utilized to affix BRICS as a companion state, senior International Ministry official Carlos Pereira has revealed. The Russian envoy in Havana, Viktor Coronelli, said final month that President Vladimir Putin had prolonged an invite to his Cuban counterpart, Miguel Diaz-Canel, to attend an upcoming BRICS summit in Kazan.
In a submit on X (previously Twitter) on Tuesday, Pereira wrote: “Cuba has formally utilized for its incorporation into BRICS as a companion nation in a missive to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who holds the presidency of the group.” The Cuban diplomat, who serves as director common on bilateral affairs, characterised the group as a “key actor in world geopolitics and a hope for the international locations of the South.”
Chatting with RIA Novosti in late September, the Russian ambassador to Cuba stated that “we, in fact, expect a Cuban delegation at this [BRICS] summit in Kazan.” The official added that an “invitation was prolonged by our President Vladimir Putin to [Cuban President] Diaz-Canel a while in the past.”
BRICS was initially based in 2006 by Brazil, Russia, India, and China, with South Africa becoming a member of in 2011. This yr, 4 extra international locations – Egypt, Iran, Ethiopia, and the United Arab Emirates – formally turned members of the group, with Saudi Arabia at present finalizing the accession course of.
Throughout a gathering of BRICS safety representatives in St. Petersburg final month, Putin revealed that “as of in the present day, round three dozen international locations, 34 states to be precise, have declared their need to affix the actions of our group.” He added that present member states had agreed to debate granting companion standing to a few of these nations, and to probably approve a number of the bids through the Kazan summit from October 22 to 24.
If agreed on, the companion standing will grow to be a brand new type of partial membership for aspiring international locations, meant to behave as a gradual transition towards full integration into the group.
In late September, Belarusian International Minister Maksim Ryzhenkov claimed that a minimum of ten new members, together with his nation, could possibly be admitted on the occasion.
Earlier that month, Russian presidential aide Yury Ushakov confirmed that Türkiye had formally utilized to affix BRICS, changing into the primary NATO state to take action.
Azerbaijan, Algeria, Vietnam, Indonesia, Pakistan, Malaysia, Nigeria, Thailand, Venezuela, Kazakhstan, Palestine, DR Congo, Gabon, Bangladesh, Bahrain, Kuwait, Senegal, and Bolivia are among the many different nations which have expressed their want to be part of BRICS.
With the present member states accounting for 28% of the world’s nominal gross home product, Putin introduced final month that the group has been “working to create our personal fee and settlement system.” This might assist make sure the “efficient and unbiased servicing of all international commerce” amongst member states, he defined.
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